We should have the same desire expressed by Sir John A MacDonald to Queen
Victoria, the Mother of Confederation, "to live under the sovereignty
of Your Majesty and your family for ever."
A Christian Monarchist Canadian Tory Blog

Ignatieff was, of course, spot on: Ottawa’s Kyoto commitments died on the operating table in the waning years of Chrétien’s third term, as the first of three Canadian prime ministers came to realize that implementing Kyoto faithfully would doom the oilpatch and Canada’s economic future with it. None of Chrétien’s Kyoto plans had teeth.

Which raises the question: How can the Liberals continue to holler about Kyoto today, as though they were the treaty’s greatest champions? After promising to adopt it, it was they themselves who kicked it to the curb.